Friday, December 2, 2011

Locke & Key - Head Games / Joe Hill / 144 pgs.

The three Locke children: Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode, are rebuilding their lives after the brutal home invasion that left their father dead.  As the kids return to school, Tyler becomes friends with the evil ghost Lucas/Luke who is the real reason behind the home invasion and is still out to further destroy the family.  Bode finds another mysterious key in the Locke House; and this key is able to open the top of a person's head and lets them take memories and feeling out.  Weird, but quite fascinating when you begin to see all the possibilities that something like this can do. 

I am enjoying this series, I feel very sorry for the Locke kids because the lived through such a violent attack in the first book and this volume is more about their recovery.  The different keys found throughout the house with their mysterious, magical powers is fun to read about and discover along with the kids.  I really liked that this volume shows more of the back story on some of the side characters like Uncle Duncan Locke and his boyfriend; as well as Elle and her mentally handicapped but very insightful son Rufus. 

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